1. HELOBIEÆ. This family forms a group complete in itself. It
commences with hypogynous, perfect flowers, whose gynœcium is
apocarpous and terminates in epigynous and more or less reduced
forms.
2. GLUMIFLORÆ. These have as a starting point the same diagram
as the following families, but otherwise develope independently.
3. SPADICIFLORÆ. Also an independent branch, or perhaps two
different ones which terminate in much reduced forms.
4. ENANTIOBLASTÆ. These ought perhaps to be amalgamated with the
following family.
5. LILIIFLORÆ. These advance from forms with the typical diagram
and hypogynous flower, to epigynous and reduced forms.